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Direct aortic cannulation for port-access mitral or coronary artery bypass grafting
D D Glower1, J Komtebedde, F M Clements
1Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|December 10, 1999
Abstract:
A technique is described for direct aortic arterial cannulation during Port-Access mitral valve or coronary artery bypass grafting. Femoral arterial cannulation is avoided, and endoaortic balloon occlusion is used for cardioplegic arrest. To date, excellent results have been obtained in 45 patients.